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Originally Posted by The Fixer
Especially since this is where Christie was heading by removing the "safety" portion of our annual inspection. This leaves it up to the individual towns to make money on illegal HIDs, tinted windows, loud exhausts, etc., depending on how hard they want to enforce the laws. They know a lot of cars will be rolling through town heading to the Swap Meet, so they might as well make some $$ off them!
I know one town near me has been cracking down on motor vehicle offenses - my friend's dad got pulled over a few weeks back for no front plate, and I was stopped for tinted windows right around the same time.
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I wouldn't go blaming the governor for the removal of the safety inspection. The original budgetary decision was planned to be going a few years without the emissions portion of the inspection process in order to save time and thus the resulting labor costs associated with that portion of the inspection process. In steps the EPA and Fed to save the day by telling the state that if emissions inspections were cut then our federal highway funding would be too.
Last I heard there was some sort of action being pushed by the insurance companies to get back to safety inspections since there was a massive jump in deferred maintenance related accidents.
The key to not getting ticketed for little ticky tack stuff is to know the laws that pertain to your car and modifications, and always be courteous. As the OP stated he advised the officer that the lights had DOT numbers on them and were actually legal.
-Tim